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IJM at FSU: STAND FOR FREEDOM There are an estimated 30 million people trapped in modern day slavery. What are you going to do about it? Join IJM at FSU and take a Stand for Freedom Monday, April 6th on Union Green and.. Continue reading →

Earth and Freedom In the northern Basque Country, a group of farmers are protecting local biodiversity (ancient pig and sheep breeds, local varieties of corn and cherry) through collaboration and direct sales. By: Slow Food Continue reading →

Backlash grows over Indianas religious freedom law Indiana is the latest flashpoint in a national debate about freedom and discrimination. Surrounded by nuns, Franciscan monks and orthodox Jews, Gov. Mike Pence on Thursday signed the “Religious.. Continue reading →

Will Liberty/Freedom Die Perminantly will liberty be lost forever because of the inequality and advances in science? charlie chaplins speech said as long as men die liberty will never perish but science is only 8 years away from… By: Lifestyle Connoisseur Continue reading →

Norfolk, Va. A recentopinion pieceby Apples CEO, Tim Cook, lamented Indianas new ‘Religious Freedom Restoration Act’ as what he characterized as a wave of legislation” which some claim is the result of the emerging power and reach of conservative “bill mills.” Theres something very dangerous happening in states across the country. A wave of legislation, introduced in more than two dozen states, would allow people to discriminate against their neighbors, Mr. Continue reading →

New York For many conservative religious Americans, the nations long-standing Religious Freedom Restoration Acts, including the one just passed in Indiana last week, could possibly carve out a public space that permits individuals and their businesses to uphold their religious opposition to same-sex marriage. But as more same-sex couples across the country legally celebrate their nuptials with traditional public pomp and ceremony, the cherished right of freedom of religion has run headlong into the principle of nondiscrimination in the public sphere. Continue reading →

By Perry Bacon Jr. The debate over Indiana’s new religious freedom law illustrates an increasingly tough challenge for Republican Party politicians who are caught between growing national support for gay rights among most Americans and the large bloc of deeply religious GOP voters who are wary of policy changes like same-sex marriage. Many Republicans have conceded that national acceptance of gay marriage is inevitable, with court rulings across the country striking down same-sex marriage bans Continue reading →

To the editor: The passage of bills in Indiana, Mississippi and Arkansas that sanction discrimination based on religious freedom demonstrate the dearth of federal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) individuals. (“In conservative Indiana, bemusement amid boycott threats over religious freedom law,” March 28) Boycotting Indiana will not solve this problem. Continue reading →

After a firestorm of criticism aimed at a new religious-freedom law,Indiana legislative leaders are heading back to the drawing boardto clarify the law so that it cant result in discrimination, including denial of services to gays and lesbians. Supporters of gay rights have denounced the law, which sets a legal framework for people to challenge government laws that hinder their practice of religion. Some have argued that the law would allow businesses, like bakers and florists and others that cater to weddings, to decline to work with gays and lesbians. Continue reading →